By Michael Naughton and Sarah Metcalf

The recent cold snap in New England has caused major headaches and winter woes for Northeastern students.

Throughout last week, high temperatures struggled to climb out of the teens, morning lows were below zero and, with the windchill, the air at times felt as if it was minus 20 degrees.

Despite Monday’s high temperature forecast from the National Weather Service being 34 degrees, which is 11 degrees warmer than last week’s average high temperature, one to two inches of snow still fell on the city of Boston Monday morning.

“I am not happy about [the cold] at all,” said Aimee Blier, a freshman medical laboratory science major. “I don’t go to dinner anymore, I stay in my room. I even skipped a class because I was so warm and I was not going outside for class.”

Blier isn’t the only one who favored a warm room over a cold walk to class.

“I just don’t leave my bed,” said Cheryl Denucci, a freshman undecided major. “It’s definitely harder to get up for the 8 a.m. I’m more tempted to just stay in my room all day.”

The cold even deterred social activities this weekend.

“People are just staying in their rooms and just hanging out instead of going out,” said Ray Giller, a freshman business major. “They don’t want to walk outside to go somewhere. We don’t go looking for parties, basically because it’s so cold outside that no one wants to walk there.”

Other students share the same sentiments.

“My outdoor activities are basically over,” said Justin Repici, a first-year graduate student. “But I do wish I could have gone to the Patriots game and stayed warmer with all the fans.”

Heavy jackets, layers of clothes and scarves covering faces have also become a common sight as students were forced to brave the cold in order to lead their daily lives.

“[To combat the cold] I piled on as many old T-shirts and dirty sweaters under my winter coat as I could, complete with a heavy scarf and a hood,” said Matt Fillipelli, a freshman English and cinema studies major. “In the future I expect even colder temperatures, but I’m ready to fight the good fight with more heavy clothing.”

Giller also compensated for the freezing temperatures with more clothing.

“I actually went out and bought a bigger, warmer coat and lots of sweaters,” he said. “It’s really only the beginning of winter, so I’m expecting at least a couple more months of this weather.”

However, not all students were affected by the cold.

“I’m from Alaska, so [the cold] doesn’t bother me,” said Selene Neuburg, a sophomore theater major. “It’s like this all the time. We usually drive there, so I don’t really like walking around in [the cold] here. But other than that, I’m used to it.”

Due to constant dread of venturing outside, the steadily declining temperature has definitely caused some serious daydreaming about warmer climates.

“[The cold] has got me thinking I’d like to take a vacation to warmer climates for about a month or two,” Repici said. “Maybe somewhere like northern California.”

Giller also shared a similar fantasy.

“I hope it changes soon because I like warm weather much better,” he said. “I really like it here [at Northeastern]. But it makes me wish I was at Miami University.”

-Staff writer Glenn Yoder contributed to this report.